Projects

Bristol has been home to a range of successful and innovative digital inclusion projects. We have captured our experiences and some of the lessons learned here.

Bristol City Council – Discussion on new Website

by Stephen Hilton 09/03/2010 in Bristol

Started the day at Colston Hall (which has to be the best Bristol City Council meeting venue) for a gathering of 30-40 Bristol digital companies and organisations, kindly convened by Mike Bennet of Bristol Media, on behalf of Bristol City Council’s IT and Communications Teams.
The aim was to start a conversation about the Council’s plans [...]

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First Meeting of Bristol Innovative Data Projects Group – aka “Freeing-up Council Data”

by Stephen Hilton 08/03/2010 in Bristol

As Tim Berners Lee calls for Governments, Scientists and Institutions to make their data openly available on the Web and Government launches its Open Data Portal this afternoon we held the first meeting of our Innovative Data Projects group – this is just one of the new “20-20” projects that the the recent Council Budget [...]

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Bristol project on saving energy by using ICT shortlisted for European Award only a month after its launch

by Kevin 23/11/2009 in Bristol

A major new Bristol project on saving energy by using information and communication technology has been shortlisted for the European ICT for Energy Efficiency Project Award – only a month after its launch.
On 1st November Connecting Bristol launched www.greenaddict.eu a web site on the greener use of ICT.
The website was developed [...]

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If Facebook was a Country it would have the World’s 4th highest population

by Kevin 13/11/2009 in Bristol

Social media has been the standout success story at the heart of Web 2.0. It’s brought us opportunities to connect and collaborate with colleagues, old school friends and professional networks, as well as any number of niche interest offerings (69,000 people have joined the ‘Physics Doesn’t Exist, Its All Gnomes‘ Facebook group).
The number of people [...]

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Bristol’s Technology Strategy Board Success

by Kevin 09/11/2009 in Bristol

Out of 80 successful applications to the Technology Strategy Board’s recent Digital Britain funding, Bristol companies secured at least five grants, another example of the city’s success in producing innovative ideas and new business models across the creative and public sectors.
The feasibility grants are designed to stimulate innovation in business models, applications, services and technologies. [...]

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5000+ Watch Bristol’s Live Council Webcast

by Kevin 09/11/2009 in People

The Bristol City Council (November 4) meeting to decide the stadium application received the most viewers in the history of UK council webcasting. 5,624 people witnessed the debate live and online. Not only would this crowd fill 25 council chambers. It would also leave very few seats at Bristol City’s famous Dolman stand.  View the [...]

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BBC Bristol Anchor Collaboration

by Matt 01/11/2009 in Bristol

Bristol-BBC-Anchor is a new collaboration between the BBC, Bristol City Council, South West RDA, South West Screen and an alliance of creative industries, community organisations and academic institutions including Bristol Media, the University of Bristol, UWE and Futurelab.
Bristol has a reputation for creation of world-class content, most notably from the award-winning BBC Natural History Unit, [...]

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The ‘E-solated’

by Matt 20/10/2009 in Connectivity

There are 10 million people in the UK still without an internet connection. This one-in-six population are increasingly excluded from the opportunities and conversations of the world. The statistics speak for themselves – shopping and paying bills through the internet make “average savings of £560 a year” and unemployed people who learn [...]

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Barbara Janke and Martha Lane Fox talk about Bristol the Digital City

by Stephen Hilton 25/08/2009 in Bristol

Bristol City Council’s Leader Barbara Janke and Martha Lane Fox, Champion for the Governments Digital Inclusion Task Force, discussing the potential impact of Digital Inclusion across the City.

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